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A stunning version of Steve Reich’s masterpiece of musical minimalism “Music for 18 Musicians” (1974-1976) performed live at Tokyo Opera House in 2008 by The Modern Ensemble and Synergy Vocals featuring the composer as guest performer. In the 1960s, with Terry Riley and Philip Glass, Reich gave pulse back to experimental music, he discovered tape-based techniques of looping and phasing using recordings of fragments of speech, and then molecules of musical material. “ (…)When Steve Reich released Music for 18 Musicians (ECM, 1978), it was a consolidation and major leap forward in the pulse-based music that the minimalist progenitor had been exploring on earlier compositions including “Four Organs” (1969), a piece that relied on nothing more than a six-note chord, yet was a near flat-out sonic assault. 18 Musicians was an altogether more complex and sophisticated work, with a broader textural palette based largely on tuned percussion—piano, vibraphone, marimba and xylophone—but also working with maracas, voice, strings, and clarinets to create a sweeping, hour-plus long suite that was hypnotic, melodic, and eminently accessible. With the mathematical precision by which its eleven sections and wrapping “Pulses” develop, it's a demanding suite to play (…)"

One of the most striking documents of Italy’s Minimalist movement, Giusto Pio’s "Motore Immobile" is a masterwork with few equivalents. Produced by Franco Battiato in 1979, at the outset of a long and fruitful period of collaboration between the two composers, and issued by the legendary Cramps Records, its triumphs were met by silence, before falling from view.Emerging on vinyl for the first time since its original pressing, "Motore Immobile" now sits within a reappraisal of a large neglected body of efforts made by the Italian avant-garde during the second half of the 1970’s and early 80’s. It is singular, but not alone. It resonates within a collective world of shimmering sound, one familiar to fans of Battiato, Lino Capra Vaccina, Luciano Cilio, Roberto Cacciapaglia, Francesco Messina and Raul Lovisoni.An exercise in elegant restraint - note and resonance held to the most implicit need. Where everything between root and embellishment has been stripped away. A sublime organ drone, against interventions of deceptively simple structural complexity - executed by Piano, Violin, and Voice. A sonic sculpture reaching heights which few have touched. A thing of beauty and an album as perfect as they come. The reemergence of Motore Immobile heralds what is unquestionably one of the most important reissues of the year.

Written in 1913 by Luigi Russolo, The Art of Noise Manifesto marks the start of the modern music era. There wouldn’t be probably either John Cage or Musique concrète without the disruptive sound experimentations of the Italian Futurists at the beginning of the 20th century. The Futurist conception of music, indeed, made no distinction between the realm of the sound and that of noises: both of them were part of the same musical substance, the background of the human existence in the world, and therefore, a raw material ready to be manipulated by the artist. Starting from the founder and leader of the Futurism Filippo Marinetti, La Musica Futurista nell'Italia e nel Mondo is a compelling collection of pieces executed by some of the pivotal figures of the “art of noises.” Comes in a special "flap" deluxe gatefold sleeve, an Italian futurist newspaper replica.

Lubomyr Melnyk ist ohne Zweifel weltweit einer deraußergewöhnlichsten und anerkanntesten Pianisten. Mit seiner"Continuous Music" hat er eine so komplexe und technischanspruchsvolle Musik geschaffen, dass kein anderer Pianist in derGeschichte dieses Instrumentes diese Stücke spielen kann.

Limited edition of 500 copies only!In the 70′s, the Italian public television RAI used to broadcast disturbing paranoiac dramas, weird documentaries on the bottom of the sea and indigestible so-called “educational” movies. Obviously, all that stuff needed some music. Or “sonorizzazioni” (soundtracks), as they were called. These soundtracks were handled by shady characters, on the border between avant-garde classical, electronic space age and a healthy Italian pop touch. Some names are familiar: Ennio Morricone, for example. Or the mythological Piero Umiliani, too.But the biggest of all was Egisto Macchi. His Voix, a ghostly fresco of lunar vocals and abstract phonemes, is one of the masterpieces of the Italian “library music”.“ESP” is a four-part television series produced by Rai in 1973, directed by Daniele D'Anza, and aired from Sunday, May 27 1973 to Sunday, June 17, 1973 on the National Program. Music by Egisto Macchi.

Henrik Schwarz and !K7 are proud to announce a collaboration that will bare many different musical fruits. The first of these is a brand new label called Between Buttons, curated by Henrik and focused on acoustic sounds and contemporary compositions. Between Buttons will be in partnership with !K7’s own neo-classical hub 7K!, and will kick off with a new mini LP by Schwarz entitled Works Piano, followed by an EP entitled Aphorisms by Syrian artists Khaled Kurbeh & Raman Khalaf Ensemble. Mixing up old and new technologies, experimental and more classical approaches, the label will see Schwarz forge new paths in his own work, as well as curating material from the peers he has worked with over the last 15 years. Mainly made up of acoustic sounds, piano, string quartets, self-built instruments, percussion and intriguing classicist elements with a modern twist, there will be EPs from piano virtuoso Bugge Wesseltoft, as well as other electronic producers wanting to show themselves in a different, more 'unplugged' light. “In these times of constant turbo mode, likes and thumbs-up, we need to go back to basics,” says Henrik. “We want to move away from the idea that relentless hasty productivity is a must, and instead take time to create space, to let ideas mature and to focus the mind on subtler sounds.” Works Piano will be a four track mini album that uses a Yamaha Disklavier as the starting point and reimagines it, reworks it and alters it with various digital and recording technologies. One track is a created with a reactive algorithm and one is composed purely from altered and processed piano sounds.

I Musici, founded in 1952, followed in the path of the Virtuosi di Roma. Felix Ayo, their first violin, had been the pupil of Remy Principe, concertmaster of I Virtuosi. I Musici were a sort of Young Virtuosi di Roma, cadets. At least this is how they were seen by the public, who adopted them the way mascots are adopted. I Musici later went their own way, at least in part, and took on Bach and Handel, Mozart (some splendid recordings of Divertimentos and Serenades), Haydn and Rossini, 20th century composers (Britten, Bucchi, Hindemith, Martin, Roussel), and even the late 19th century with the Little Suite Op. l by Carl Nielsen. More a string group open to a wide-ranging repertory than an ambassador of Italian music. But in the concert on this disk I Musici were still the cadets of I Virtuosi di Roma and offered a program composed entirely of 18th century music that culminated in Vivaldi. Typical of those years was the inclusion of a pre-classical composer - or Rococo, if you like - in a Baroque context.

Originally released by Multhipla Records, The Entire Musical Work of Marcel Duchamp is a collection of experimental pieces composed in 1913 by the legendary artist, and executed by Petr Kotik and the S.E.M. Ensemble in 1976. Employing chance operations and non-musical sounds, Marcel Duchamp’s musical oeuvre predated some radical concepts developed forty years later by John Cage.

After his impressive and acclaimed work with "For Now I Am Winter" and "The Chopin Project", multi-instrumentalist and composer Ólafur Arnalds goes on a journey in his home country Island for his latest album. He recorded seven songs within seven weeks in seven different locations together with local artists and friends like Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir (Of Monsters And Men) and Einar Georg Einarsson, influenced and inspired by each surrounding. The album also contains another bonus track „Study for Player Piano“.

Composer and Golden Globe winning Jóhann Jóhannsson releases his first album for Deutsche Grammophon Recordings. It feels like a meditation over beauty and creativity Jóhannsson is a role model for the growing scene of contemporary composers who draw their inspiration from soundtracks, Minimalism, Ambient und electronic music. “Orphée describes the way out from the dark into the light inspired by mythical variations from Ovid to Cocteau. It’s the story of death and reincarnation as a metaphor for our society. Again Jóhannsson mixes acoustic elements combined with electronics, mysterious soundscapes paired with orchestral and a capella voices.

Near the end of the old millennium, someone once rapped, "Being futuristic these days means being futuristic on your own terms," which is entirely fitting when said rapper records an album of solo piano instrumentals. (Perhaps less instructive is what said rapper went on to say: "Being futuristic means loving worms, saving your sperm, wearing your pubes in a perm.") The former Chilly Gonzales has a hint of Gershwin in his playing, an urbane, contemplative take on the blues that sometime turns into a wry smile. He also has a hint of Satie, the spare and haunted sound of a music box turning slowly to a halt as it comes to the end of its wind. But what he also has is entirely his own, which not only makes this the best album of solo piano instrumentals by a rapper extant but also one of the finest solo piano albums not by a jazz or classical performer. Obviously, there's a duality to any man who lit up stages with Peaches but also played with and produced Jane Birkin and Charles Aznavour, but Solo Piano is a disarmingly wonderful record. - allmusic.com

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Ashkenazy brilliert auf dieser Aufnahme von Beethovens Piano Konzert Nummer 4 in Art und Weise wie er sein Klavierspiel in den Klangteppich mit einfließen lässt, der ihn von Sir Georg Solti und den Symphonie Orchester Chicago ausgebreitet wird.180g Vinyl!

Ashkenazy gelinkt es in dieser Aufnahme durch sein perfekt abgestimmtes Spiel Scriabins Prometheus die Spannung zu verleihen, die diese Komposition beansprucht, um so die bedrohliche Stimmung die Lorin Maazel (Dirigent) schafft zu verstärken. Begleitet wird Ashkenazy hier vom Londoner Symphonie Orchester und den Ambrosian Singers.180g Vinyl!

Parisian DJ and producer Kiddy Smile embodies the lifeblood of house music past and present. His music flashes with nostalgia for those mid-80s New York basements where house music first came alive. ‘Teardrops In The Box’ pulses with the intoxicating energy of a Ball in Kiddy’s native Paris, with its deep-rooted traditions but its intensely forward-focussing culture.Following up on his fearsome debut ‘Let A B!tch Know’ on Defected, Kiddy Smile has deployed the well-established remixing capabilities of Mystic Bill, a house champion from the underground schools of Detroit and Chicago. His ‘Jersey Dub’ eases back on the tempo for a syncopated strut to The Garden State, while the ‘Vocal Mix’ is a bulkier prospect, emphasising Kiddy’s growling vocal with some serious attitude bass. Finally, his vinyl-exclusive ‘Acid Mix’ is specifically designed for getting twisted on dark, underground floors. Cowbell and raw synths give ‘Teardrops In The Box’ unadulterated dancefloor credentials but this is more than a club record; the layers to this track run deep.

Die legendären britischen Rough Trade-Shops starten mit "Behind The Counter" eine Release-Serie mit Einflüssen und Inspirationen ihnen beliebter Künstler. Den Anfang macht der in Berlin lebende, britische Neoklassik- und Filmkomponist Max Richter, der einen faszinierenden Einblick in seinen musikalischen Kosmos gewährt, aus dem er seine einzigartige, künstlerische Vision schöpft. Die 36-Track-Compilation enthält Musik von Mogwai, Boards Of Canada, Let's Eat Grandma, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Philip Glass, Aphex Twin und Low, sowie klassische Werke von Rachmaninoff und Bach.

If you thought classical music was snobby and polished: give this a chance!"Infra" is the 2010 album by neo-classical composer Max Richter, released July 2010 on FatCat Records.

Herbert von KarajanEin Heldenleben Op. 40

REINHOLD FRIEDL's zeitkratzer proves the perfect ensemble for "Oneirika", avantgarde-veteran ELLIOTT SHARP's composition / soundscape inspired by CAGE-an tradition that premiered at MAERZMUSIK FESTIVAL 2014.

Duvall Timothy isn't a musician. At least not in that conventional sort of way. No, Timothy's artistic expression is the sort in which all of his daily actions are intentional and each action reveals a small part of his large vision.He steps out for his day dressed in all blue: A statement of self. He chefs African cuisine: a medium to discover his heritage and share that heritage with others. And when he returns home, he plays piano.What you have here is an exploration in memory. Memories of classical, of jazz, and hip-hop. Fragmented into its elements, looped simply, and then reconstructed complexly.Timothy's compositions evolve the same way any meaningful memory comes back to the mind. At first in snippets looped in the minds fog. Then, as those fragments build, the scenes of the past rush back into full view. And as quickly as they appear, they dissipate away. Fleeting and substantial. But the simplicity is purposeful.And while Timothy is drawing from deeply personal experiences, his playing feels intimate and familiar because we've all felt the essence of memory: love and loss, joy and pain.So it's fitting that this be the inaugural offering from I Should Care Records. It's our hope that Brown Loop is as memorable and haunting for you as it was when we first heard it.

“Three Worlds: Music from Woolf Works” is the new album by Max Richter. The album is based on the Woolf Works compositions, originally created for the London Royal Ballet production of choreographer Wayne McGregor. This was production was inspired by the work and life of Virginia Woolf.Max Richter (1966) is a German-born British composer who has been an influential voice in post-minimalist composition and in the meeting of contemporary classical and alternative popular musical styles since the early 2000s. Richter is classically trained, having graduated in composition from the Royal Academy of Music and studied with Luciano Berio in Italy.Richter is well known for his prolific output: composing and recording his own music; writing for stage, opera, ballet and screen; producing and collaborating on the records of others; and collaborating with performance, installation and media artists. He has recorded seven solo albums and his music is widely used in cinema.

This is probably one of the few essential recordings in contemporary classic music.

Mark Fell writes: "This series of works on this cassette began in 2011 when I attended a workshop/residency programme led by the British sound artist, composer and performer Jan Hendrickse. During a workshop session I played a pattern generating system via headphones to a drummer, Patrik Jarlestam who played a single snare drum. The basic premise of the work was that the performer should follow the pattern as accurately as possible, and to see what happened at the moments when the pattern changed - i.e. to foreground the performers attempts to follow the pattern and their ability to cope with the subtle yet unusual changes.

Recorded in Venice in 1961 by the French sculptor, painter, and iconoclast Jean Dubuffet, these recordings were originally released in a hyper-limited 10” box set that is all but impossible to acquire. An early progenitor of the avant-garde and musique concrete, Dubuffet’s recordings nearly defy category and still sound innovative some 50+ years later. Essential and unequivocal recordings from the founder of the Art Brut movement.

Nach ihrem gefeierten Konzert beim Acht-Brücken-Festival in der Kölner Philharmonie im Mai 2016 veröffentlichen die 6 Pianisten Gregor Schwellenbach, Hauschka, Erol Sarp (Grandbrothers), Daniel Brandt, Paul Frick (beide Brandt Brauer Frick) und John Kameel Farah ihre moderne Interpretation von Steve Reichs "Six Pianos", einer Originalkomposition von 1973, auf Tonträger, und ergänzen sie um Terry Rileys "Keyboard Study #1".

Alfred Schnittke, Edison Denisov, Sofia Gubaidulina, Oleg Buloshkin, Eduard Artemiev. “(...)Please, try to imagine a score sounding by itself without a conductor, orchestra even without musical instuments. This magic is possible by using musical synthesizer “ANS”. “ANS” is an instrument with which a composer can not only create but even draw his music without notes and orchestra. A Soviet scientist Evgeni Murzin spent about 20 years to create this apparatus which can join together three processes: music creation, recording and performing. All these processes are rather complicated. You can see twinkling of different lamps, rotation of gured discs made of glass. Notes are cut on a glass disc covered with a special layer. The drawings on the glass are “sounding notes”. To listen to the drawn picture you should press the button and a wonderful transformation will begin. E. Murzin dedicated his apparatus to A. N. Scriabin, that’s why he called it ANS. A. N. Scriabin the creator of the “Poem of Ecstasy” used in his works a highly chromatic new type of harmonic style designed to express his beliefs, views and wishes. Soviet music lovers know already some recordings made on “ANS” for films “Into Space”, “Solaris”, “Mirror”, “Siberiade” and some others. Works of well known Soviet composers E. Artemiev, O. Buloshkin, E. Denisov, S. Gubaidulina, A. Schnittke featured on this LP were recorded at the Electronic Music Studio (...) From original Liner notes

A collection of Stockhausen’ s most important works from the 1950s, particularly “Gesang der Jünglinge” (“Song of the Youths”) 1955-56, probably the most iconic piece of electronic music ever written. Only because of Stockhausen’s complete understanding of electronic equipment, along with his creative genius, was he able to produce this masterwork, the first piece of music to unify vocals and electronics.

“Kontakte” (1959-60), Stockhausen’s first piece to use both electronics and traditional instruments together, marks a turning point in his career, when his music was beginning to show the influences of American avant-garde jazz and composers like John Cage. In “Kontakte” live musicians play alongside a tape recording of percussion sounds that have been altered by different electronic devices (i.e. a ring modulator or a reverberator). Stockhausen wanted the musicians to improvise over the prepared tape, but the musicians were at such a loss that Stockhausen eventually had to score the instrumental parts as well.

Having never met before going into the studio together, harpist Mary Lattimore and koto player Maxwell August Croy recorded an album in less than 48 hours, all live with zero overdubs. “Terelan Canyon” is a “new” sound built on interplay and improvisation that explores space and form, with virtually no ego, filled with sonic imagery and a tapestry of emotions. Epic and beautiful, this recording is a special moment captured in time. Mary Lattimore experiments with effects through her Lyon and Healy Concert Grand harp. Her latest solo harp record “At the Dam” was released in March 2016 by Ghostly International. Mary has recorded and collaborated with Thurston Moore, Kurt Vile, Meg Baird, Fursaxa, and Jarvis Cocker, among many and her harp/synth duo with producer Jeff Zeigler is currently working on a second record. Maxwell August Croy is a multi-instrumentalist whose work fluctuates liberally between melody, classicism and experimentation, all while attempting to harmoniously represent all three. A student of the piano, guitar and Japanese Koto, Croy has worked to expand the instrument's heretofore constrained vocabulary to settings outside traditional Eastern musics. He has released a number of full-length albums as a member of experimental ambient duo En with James Devane and has collaborated with musicians Tujiko Noriko, Sean McCann, Jared Blum and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, with whom he also co-runs the Root Strata label. This is a limited run of 500 copies.

This 70min organ concert was recorded in 2012 in Strasbourg Cathedral during the "Transes" symposium at HEAR. This was a unique performance in the cathedral's history and an important performance for Charlemagne Palestine, showing him at his best, slowly developing a wild crescendo and filling the gigantic space with his own ritual full of trance and ecstasy.Recorded in Strasbourg - 15/11/2012 at Cathédrale de Strasbourg, during "Transes" event at Haute Ecole des Arts du Rhin, Strasbourg, recorded by Philippe Lepeut, mastered by Frederic Alstadt. Photo : Tony Trichanh. Limited edition 500 copies. Gatefold cover + download.

Herbert von Karajan dirigierte in den 1960er Jahren weit mehr als nur Beethoven und Brahms. Auf hochwertigem 180g-Vinyl präsentiert die deutsche Grammophon mit Debussys sinfonischen Dichtungen „La Mer“ und „Prélude à L'Après-midi d'un faune“ zwei Herzstücke aus dem Oevre des französischen Impressionisten.

Seven old & new standout tracks by Henrik Schwarz, all revised using classical arrangements and instrumentation.180g transparent vinyl

Winter is coming! The soundtrack for Game Of Thrones is scored by German composer Ramin Djawadi, best known for his Grammy-nominated score for Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Clash Of The Titans and for the TV series Prison Break. The fourth season soundtrack also features a single "The Rains Of Castamere" by Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós.

Glassworks is the most pleasant craftwork ever from the great minimalist exploiter. Six warm pieces in a successful attempt to create a more pop-oriented work. Glassworks is another Music On Vinyl Classical release by this fantastic composer.180g audiophile vinyl.

With Solo Piano, Glass presents himself "unplugged" - no electronic keyboards or synthesizers, and no overdubs, either - just solo piano.

Carlos spielt nicht nur in traditionellen Konzertsälen und hat sich die Bühne bereits mit grandiosen Musikern wie dem Moritz von Oswald Trio, Murcof, Kammerflimmer Kollektief, A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Rivulets, This Will Destroy You oder Library Tapes geteilt. LP auf 180gr Vinyl im starken Sleeve mit bedruckten Innenhüllen und Downloadcode.

Richter, Beving, Gonzales und mehr.

Beving has been one with the piano from an early age. He was forced to end his musical studies at the conservatory and instead continued at university to get a degree in social sciences. However, his love for his instrument never perished. Where once his goal was to hit as many notes per minute as physically possible, his style of playing has changed over the years, searching for a particular aesthetic essence. His path was illuminated by a piano that Beving inherited from his grandmother when she passed away in 2009. This German instrument insisted on a more gentle touch and a gracious pace, which eventually led Beving to adapt to a more classical vocabulary to tell his story.Joep Beving is a composer and musician, but to the international advertising community he is mostly known as the face of music agency MassiveMusic.

Ashkenazy gelingt es in dieser Aufnahme den schnellen Stimmungsänderungen in Tschaikowskys Klavierkonzert Nummer 1 durch spielerische Eleganz eine Natürlichkeit zu verleihen. Ashkenazy, Lorin Maazel und das Symphonie Orchester London sind perfekt aufeinander eingespielt und schaffen es so diese Aufnahme zu einem Hörerlebnis besonderer Art zu machen.180g Vinyl!

Spielfreude, Stilgefühl und Natürlichkeit all diese drei wichtigen Komponenten vereitn Vladimir Ashkenazy auf diese Aufnahme zu Mozarts Klavierkonzert Nummer 17 & 21.180g Vinyl!

Ashkenazys Chopin Klavierkonzert Nummer 2. Aufgenommen 1965 mit dem Londoner Symphonie Orchester unter der Leitung von David Zinman, hat eine tiefe Sensibilität die ihres gleichen sucht.180g Vinyl!

Ashkenazys Aufnahme zu Rachmaninovs Klavierkonzert Nummer 2, ist eine Aufnahme die den großen Komponisten gerecht wird. Begleitet wird Ashkenazy vom Moskauer Philharmonie Orchester unter der Leitung von Kirill Kondrashin.180g Vinyl!

Zum 175-jährigen Jubiläum der Wiener Philharmoniker würdigt Deutsche Grammophon dasWeltklasseorchester mit einem opulenten Querschnitt seines Schaffens.Diese limitierte 6 LP Box, entstand in enger Zusammenarbeit mit dem Orchester. Als Mischung ausZeitreise zu legendären Einspielungen und Raritätensammlung eröffnet sie Kennern eine neuehistorische Perspektive. Im Gegensatz zu der Wiener Philharmoniker Sinfonie-Edition (2012), reichendie Einspielungen dieser Box zurück in die 50er Jahre, mit Einspielungen prägender Dirigenten wieHerbert von Krajan oder Claudio Abbado. Daneben interpretieren weitere großeDirigentenpersönlichkeiten Hauptwerke der Orchestermusik:Mit: Kleiber (Beethoven, Sinf. Nr. 7), Bernstein (Beethoven, Sinf. Nr. 5.+ 6 ), Muti (Bruckner, Sinf. Nr.2),Karajan (Wagner, “Isoldes Leibestod“),Abbado (Brahms,“Ungarische Tänze“) u.v.a.m.+ 4 seitiges Booklet mit dem ersten Foto der Wiener Philharmoniker aus dem Jahre 1864

Classic recording of Brahms: The Four Symphonies by Herbert von Karajan & Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

Cathy Berberian turned toward this repertory, critically, but with love. And even if she maintained a certain dose of ironical distance, she never stooped to parody. It would be a mistake to think she had any similarity to Paolo Poli in La Nemica. She had a repertory to explore according to the instructions of Proust, and she explored it with the same devotion that she had applied to the music of Berio or Bussotti. In this recital she explores the most varied vocal territories: from traditional songs to Berio and to… the Beatles. In this labyrinthine voice is a release for all vocals lovers.

Resissue of this album as a Picture Disc with a Die Cut Sleeve.

Sofa has been following Vilde&Inga since they started playing together back in 2010 and when they contacted us with the music from Silfr, there was no doubt in our minds. On Silfr they continue to develop the remarkable interplay from their first album, Makrofauna (ECM), but this time they turn the level up a couple of notches. On Silfr Vilde&Inga presents chamber music of international caliber. Each piece on the album dives into a microclimate which eventually reveals small musical pearls. The sound of the two is even more rich than ever and its impressive how the interplay is a perfect tool to enhance their characteristic, organic aesthetics. Sofa is very proud to invite Vilde&Inga to join the catalog with this wonderful album.

For his latest project, drummer Julian Sartorius hiked for ten days through Switzerland. In his luggage: two drumsticks and a curiosity about the sounds they might produce along the way. Out of the beats collected en route he made the album «Hidden Tracks: Basel – Genève», an experimental sound collage that maps Switzerland far from the usual stereotypes. In the distribution of the record Sartorius is also charting new territory: It will not only be sold as a vinyl record but also as a hiking map with a download code.For his last major solo project – «Beat Diary» (2012 / Everest Records) – Julian Sartorius left the studio; each day for one year he played a track in his immediate surroundings. For the album «Hidden Tracks: Basel – Genève» Sartorius progresses a thousand steps further: In October 2016 he donned his backpack and hiked for ten days from Basel to Geneva via the Jura Ridgeway Trail (270 kilometres). For sound sources he used what he found en route: tree trunks, hiker turnstiles, empty silos, dry corn stalks – each object evoking its own voice. As an explorer of the quotidian, Sartorius evoked with his drumsticks a universe of sound that’s hidden to the regular hiker. With a backpack full of recorded rhythmic patterns and sound sources Julian Sartorius returned to the studio to create the album «Hidden Tracks: Basel – Genève». Sartorius edited the different audio files, layering and combining them together. The result is an experimental sound collage in which every track represents one day of hiking and where the familiar meets the previously unheard.The album «Hidden Tracks: Basel – Genève» will be released in June 2017 by Bernese label Everest Records. It will be available in two formats – as a hiking map with a download code and as a regular 12” vinyl. The map, designed by Silvio Brügger, charts and retraces the paths that Sartorius walked, inviting people to follow in the footsteps of the artist. In addition, one track of the album will be released as an artwork postcard that can be played as a vinyl on a record deck. The album release tour will see Sartorius guide an audience along a short hike circuit during which Sartorius will improvise with objects he finds along the way. The audience participants will follow while listening using headphones that receive audio from a microphone Sartorius trains on the objects. These hikes will start and end at selected music venues.

Pianist Oli Kuster (Menschmaschine / Oli Kuster Kombo / Astronauten / Züri West) and musician and sound artist Robert Aeberhard (dadaad. an open tuning / Fitzgerald & Rimini / Trummer) met for a special kind of cooperation: «Okra» is a duo for piano and sounds. The grand piano as a sophisticated and well-established instrument meets raw soundscapes, made of field-recordings collected from all kinds of places in the world.Sounds and noises are distinguished from tones by their origin of irregular oscillations of arbitrary frequencies and amplitudes, whereas tones show periodic oscillations. The combination of sounds, noises and tones when played by «Okra» results in organic and interwoven creations, reduced and fragile moments. An enchanting, yet disturbing kind of “Traummusik” emerges, a film of acoustic pictures, inevitably taking the listener on a journey.The spaciousness of their music led the duo to play their concerts in surround sound, by placing loudspeakers also in the back of the audience. With this setup, the spatial richness of their music can be perceived as a physical experience. Consequentially, the album «Okra» is mixed in surround sound.

Joachim Roedelius gehört zu den Übervätern der Kosmischen Musik und des Krautrock. Mit seinenBands Cluster und Harmonia gestaltete er diese Musikstile maßgeblich mit. Heute blickt Roedelius aufeine über hundert Releases umfassende Diskographie zurück, und die Liste seiner musikalischenPartner reicht dabei von seinem langjährigen künstlerischen Weggefährten Dieter Moebius überinternationale Stars wie Brian Eno bis zu jüngeren Musikern wie Tim Story. Arnold Kasar ist fastdreißig Jahre jünger und ein Kind des Crossover im Berlin der 1990er Jahre. Er brach die Grenzezwischen elektronischer Tanzmusik und Jazz auf, er musizierte (und musiziert noch) mit Micatone,Nylon und Friedrich Lichtenstein. Bei ihren gemeinsamen Aufnahmesitzungen in Baden bei Wienentschied Roedelius sich sehr früh dafür, auch Klavier zu spielen. Kasar hatte die Idee, das Klavier mitFilz zu präparieren. So entstand der einzigartige, zarte, intime Klang des Albums. »Joachim[Roedelius] hat einen schönen, weichen Anschlag. Er hatte nie im Leben auch nur eine StundeKlavierunterricht. Es gibt keine Komposition bei ihm. Er macht etwas mit dem Klavier, was er auch mitden Synthesizern macht. Ich kann das nicht erklären, aber es bewegt etwas in mir.«

Claude Debussy (+1918) was one of the most popular and forward thinking composer associated with impressionist music. His innovative and at this time new way to compose music with non traditional scales and chromaticism inspired countless artists from the likes of Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock. Remarkable attributes of his music were i.e. the usage of parallel chords, bitonality and many compositions of whole-tone and pentatonic scales and all this surely reminds us on contemporary electronic music where you hardly find limits or boundaries when it comes to traditional, harmonic sounding scale tone music.

Han Swolfs turns our senses to more classic and jazz infused pieces, improvised almost entirely on winged piano. “Gazebo Compositions” can be considered a resting point after Han’s more energetic electronic releases and grasps back to his roots. Inspired by a video-work by Jef Cornelis, Han translates moods and impressions of memories of his youth and his relation to the artist using a technique similar to Ecriture Automatique. Each note sprouts inspiration for the next one and composes the full story with uppers and downers. Belgian duality in it’s bloom for this summer release.Written and performed by Hantrax. Mastered at Dubplas & Mastering Berlin. Pressed on (180g) 12inch black vinyl with a video still cover taken from “De Koninklijke serres van Laken 1877-1902” made by Jef Cornelis in 1974. Packed in a silk-screened transparant over-sleeve.

Originally released in 1979 under the experimental label Cramps, “I Fiori del Sole” is a composition for organ and piano by the Italian duo Michele Fedrigotti and Danilo Lorenzini. The encounter between minimalist aesthetic and evocative religious atmospheres make this album one of the most interesting and obscure treasures of the Italian Minimalism. The album was produced by the legendary Franco Battiato with whom the duo Fedrigotti-Lorenzini collaborated the same year for “L’Era del Cinghiale Bianco.”

Yo-Yo Ma Plays the Music of John Williams is a 2002 album of John Williams compositions performed by Yo-Yo Ma and the Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles.The album celebrates its 15th anniversary this year and is now finally available on vinyl for the first time. A 4 page booklet with an extensive story written by John Williams is included.

Er gilt als Lieblingskomponist von Wim Wenders, wird vom Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch sowieFernando Arrabal und Lars von Trier bewundert und hat schon mit dem legendären Regisseur PeterGreenaway zusammengearbeitet: Luca D’Alberto. Mit "Endless" legt der italienische Komponist undMultiinstrumentalist sein Debütalbum vor. Es erscheint - noch eine Premiere - beim 2017 frisch aus der Taufegehobenen Imprint 7K!, dem neuen Neoklassik-Unterlabel von !K7. Obwohl klassisch ausgebildet, istD’Alberto ein stilistischer Grenzgänger, der in seiner Musik nach neuen Ausdrucksformen sucht und dabeiherkömmliche orchestrale Instrumente und elektronische Klangerzeuger mixt. Passend dazu hat D’Albertoauf den insgesamt neun Stücken von "Endless" jedes Instrument selber eingespielt - von Piano undSynthesizer über Violine, Bratsche und Cello bis hin zu Violectra. D’Albertos passionierte, ausdrucksstarkeund soundtrackartige Neoklassik erinnert an Ludovico Einaudi und verbeugt sich sowohl vor Großmeisternwie Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Michael Nyman, Max Richter und Ryuichi Sakamoto als auch musikalischenQuerdenkern wie Tricky, Tim Hecker oder Nils Frahm. Bei der Produktion wurde D’Alberto von Innervisions-Mitglied Henrik Schwarz unterstützt.Klassikradio (Late Night)Radio 1 Late Night LoungeRadio FritzBig FMFlux FMN-JoyByte FMHoradsAntenne DüsseldorfRadio ZusaRadio ZRadio Okerwelleu. a.Intro + FeatureGroove + FeatureSpexFazeWiredKulturnewsU-MagTip Berlin + FeatureSzene HamburgElectronic Beatsu. a.whitetapeswhiskey & sodabln.fméclat magplattentests.demixmaggrooveplattentestteleschautestspielu. a.Presse

Classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein is famous for having self-released a successful album of Bach's Goldberg Variations in 2007, and has since gone on to release a string of critically acclaimed solo albums; she was among the top-selling artists on 2014's Billboard Classical Chart.

Celibidache never conducted opera (perhaps a single Carmen, or maybe an act of Don Giovanni…) because, he said, opera performance is subject to too many approximations. Celibidache was the great conductor of Symphonies and Concertos and here, in this recital, his performance is the best. Featuring a sublime rendition of Shubert's "Unfinished", this is a magical recording with great sound.

Nathan Milstein was born in Odessa, Ukraine, in 1904. A virtuosic violinist, Milstein made his US debut in 1929 with Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He later settled in New York City and became an American citizen. On the first side here is his wonderful interpretation of Bach's Ciaccona. Using the general architecture of Ferdinand David's arrangement of the piece from the 19th century, Milstein reaches a peak in the second major part in an exciting and frenzied progression that shows impressive control of bow speed and vibrato. An emotional and impressive player and interpreter, and his perfomance here of Bach's Ciaccona, Partita in D minor for solo violin is one of the finest perfomances of his long and storied career. On the B side, Milstein is joined by the noted pianist Arthur Balsam for a recital of Beethoven's Spring: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F maj. Milstein's paying speaks volumes and this is a wonderful recital, though he may not be a household name, Milstein is a hero who deserves a place in the annals of classical music history.

Verwundete Schönheit offenbart sich im von elektronischen Störungen undVerzerrungen überwölkten Gesang von Ian William Craig. Kosmische Dronesund zerebrales Pochen werden zu astraler Strahlenmusik verwoben.Gregorianische Choräle schrauben sich in halluzinogene Höhen, um danachwieder an Ambientufern zu versprudeln. So erwächst ein fragiler Chor ausAbstraktion und intimer Sinnlichkeit, der sich in dunklen Momenten zuunterbewusster Monstrosität auswächst. Erstaunlich souverän wechselt Craig,der eigentlich Gesang studiert hat, wieder zu Liebesliedern, die sanft undausgezehrt zu uns lispeln.

Krystian Zimerman (born 1956) is a Polish virtuoso pianist who has been hailed as one of the finest living pianists.He is especially known for his interpretations and recordings of Chopin’s compositions.

According to Daniel Barenboim’s 75th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon presents this new edition of “Liszt: Wagner Transcriptions”, originally recorded 1982.The LP is pressed to 180-gram vinyl and comes with a new artwork.

Limited edition for Record Store Day 2017!The 180g deluxe pressing comes with an additional lavish 32-page booklet in linen bound outersleeve and gold foiled font, printed inner sleeve and a digital download voucher!

Described as the 'Teenage Pavarotti as he rose to stardom through Britain's Got Talent, Jonathan Antoine has not rested on his laurels after his first solo album Tenore went straight to No. 1 in the Classical charts and stayed there for 3 weeks as well as being John Suchet's Classic FM album of the week. After a string of live performances around the UK, Jonathan Antoine announces his second solo album Believe, coproduced by Chris Broom and Clarissa Farran and recorded at British Grove Studio and Air-Edel Studios in London. Vinyl version now being released.

Limited edition for Record Store Day 2017!"The Music Of Gurdjieff / De Hartmann" is the result of an extraordinary collaboration between the Greek-Armenian spiritual teacher, G. I. Gurdjieff and Russian composer, Thomas de Hartmann. Gurdjieff traveled for twenty years in the Middle East and Central Asia to discover and develop the teaching which now bears his name. Meditative and mindful, Gurdjieff’s music stems from Eastern melodies and music he heard in remote monasteries.From 1923 to 1929, Thomas de Hartmann worked closely with Gurdjieff at his Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man outside Paris, translating into European notation the music Gurdjieff composed from his travels. The original tapes containing these tracks were recorded in the 1950s under informal circumstances with rudimentary equipment, never intended to be heard by the public. As for the instrumentation, the performance is stripped down to nothing more than a single piano (played by de Hartmann) but lacks absolutely nothing; rather de Hartmann uses the negative space between notes to revel in resonance, in turn capturing remarkable depth and meaning.Following the appearance of a track on LITA’s “I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age In America 1950-1990”, this material, out of print on vinyl for over three decades, could be considered the seeds that would eventually grow to become the roots of what we now think of as new age music. Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett, who recorded the album G. I. Gurdjieff: Sacred Hymns for the ECM label in 1980, is among the artists to interpret this music since, but the tracks presented in this five LP box-set are the only recordings available of de Hartmann himself playing the music he and Gurdjieff composed. Also included are seven additional recordings, never before available on vinyl, including a talk by de Hartmann about Gurdjieff’s view of the music.This official Record Store Day 2017 release is limited to 1,000 copies only. The first ever vinyl reissue of these recordings, includes 7 bonus pieces never before on vinyl.All audio restored and remastered from the original analog master tapes. New artwork is featured on 5 deluxe Stoughton “tip-on” jackets and slipcase. This release also contains essay, archive photos and download card for MP3 of all 56 pieces. The final side features custom etching.

“(...)The compositions of this record represent attempts at new means of musical expression. Some utilize conventional musical instruments and sounds in startlingly new ways, giving an impression of an actual “new” sound being created; some use instruments new to music (electrical, mechanical and natural) adding to the composers’ palette of timbres and tonalities. (...)This record is meant as a tool for those using new sounds and techniques in composing. There are basic sounds (some of which are hard to come by) and basic sound patterns, together with examples of how these sounds and patterns may be utilized (...)”Sounds of New Music is a legendary collection of 18 compositions from the 1920s to the mid-1950s representing attempts at a “new means of musical expression.” Composers include Edgard Varèse, Henry Cowell, and John Cage, whose “Dance” is played on a transformed Steinway piano that gives the music an almost primitive quality.

“Prehension ” is the new album of composer and pianist Joep Beving. Beving has been one with the piano from an early age. He was forced to end his musical studies at the conservatory and instead continued at university to get a degree in social sciences. However, his love for his instrument never perished. Where once his goal was to hit as many notes per minute as physically possible, his style of playing has changed over the years, searching for a particular aesthetic essence. His path was illuminated by a piano that Beving inherited from his grandmother when she passed away in 2009. This German instrument insisted on a more gentle touch and a gracious pace, which eventually led Beving to adapt to a more classical vocabulary to tell his story.Joep Beving is a composer and musician, but to the international advertising community he is mostly known as the face of music agency MassiveMusic.

Víkingur Ólafsson, born1984 in Island, is in his home country a well-known as acclaimed musician. He was awarded “Musician Of the Year” four times already.Now, Deutsche Grammophon presents his debut album with “Piano Works” by Philip Glass for solo piano.

Deutsche Grammophon presents the album “Room 29”, a unique collaboration between Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzales.Standing at the west end of Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard, the Chateau Marmont hotel has seen many a famous and infamous guest pass through its doors since it opened in 1929. A 2012 stay in one of its second-floor rooms inspired British lyricist and singer Jarvis Cocker to look into its history and led to this collaborative project with multi-faceted Canadian pianist and composer Chilly Gonzales. “Room 29” is a 21st-century song cycle. Gonzales’ score and Cocker’s lyrics conjure up the lives of some of “Room 29’s” previous occupants, as well as shining a light on the glittering fantasy and often bleak reality of Hollywood.“Room 29” was recorded in Paris following its “work-in-progress” premiere at Hamburg’s Kampnagel in January last year.

The second of two volumes! Edgard Varèse belongs to the generation of Bela Bartok, Igor Stravinsky and Anton Webern. Each of these composers produced music of extreme individuality, unlike what their contemporaries were up to, and marking a radical break with the music of the previous century.

Pierre Fournier‘s amazing interpretation, recorded 1961, of Johann Sebastian Bach’s “6 Suites for solo Violoncello (BWV 1007-1012)” is still considered to be the top notch reference recording for these compositions to date.Deutsche Grammophon tributes these great recordings with a new high quality edition packed in an hand-numbered archive production styled linen outer box. All records are pressed on 180-gram vinyl. The box also contains a 12-page booklet and a download code.

This is probably one of the few essential recordings in contemporary classic music.

Portland OR’s Braveyoung return with a new album of somber instrumentals entitled Misery And Pride.While arranging the details for this release, founding member Isaac Jones was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident. He has since recovered, and Braveyoung are eager for their long-awaited second album to see the light of day. The album unfolds like an ominous premonition of the turbulent years since its completion. Brooding drones and chamber string arrangements shape these stripped-down eulogies, but the menace of their punk roots remains. The album takes its name from text in Czech author Milan Kundera’s novel, Ignorance.

This stunning 20th-century piano music was inspired by national traditions but uses the language and form of Western music. It compiles music by AMIRAM RIGAI, MANOLIS KALOMIRI, PAUL BEN-HAIM, ILHAN MIMAROGLU, ANDRE AMINE HOSSEIN and ANIS FULEIHAN."In the countries of the Near East, as in any other country where occidental culture is adoptive, musical composition modeled after its occidental counterpart came into being out of an intellectual necessity: that of nding a substitute for a traditional music which, under the dictate of its very essence, resisted evolution and was consequently in decay.It was logical, as far as both the ideals and the basic methods of this process of substitution were concerned, that the fashioning be done after the examples of the national schools of the late nineteenth-century Europe. The rst stream of the westernized near eastern music was therefore romantic (or post-romantic, or impressionist) in its overall gesture. Regardless of the composition date of each individual opus, all of the works recorded here fall into this category: music inspired by national traditions (musical, or other), displaying at least that intangible called “national character” whenever a national element is not evident, but employing a language and a medium belonging to western music (...)" (original liner notes)

Songs from the Trilogy is a 1989 compilation album of songs from Philip Glass' operas Einstein On The Beach, Satyagraha and Akhnaten. Many of the songs on the album have been altered or shortened from their original composition.